"Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High. 19 And he blessed him and said:“Blessed be Abram of God Most High,Possessor of heaven and earth; and blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.”And he gave him a tithe of all." vv.18-20
Read chapter 14.
Where did this man Melchizedek appear from? He appears from nowhere, without background of parents and any introduction with ties to the Lord. Later in scripture he's compared to the Lord Jesus Christ; who's another Hight Priest without a Levite/Aaronite background, but in the order of Melchizedek. Well we see that the honor that Abram has from him in this way of worship with this king of Salem by saying, "blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth" and then afterwards refuses this "tithe" of the king of Sodom. Melchizedek and Abram both worshipped the true living God. What do you do when encountered with those giving out of good motives verse bad motives? What do you think of this man Melchizedek introduced here and then not mentioned till the New Testament?
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